Left Coast IPA

Grain Bill / Fermentables

  • 8 lbs 2 Row Pale Malt
  • 0.5 lb Carapils
  • 0.25 lb Crystal 10
  • 0.25 lb Crystal 20

Hops

  • 4 oz Chinook (10.3 AA)
  • 4 oz Simcoe (11.9 AA)

Yeast

Other

  • Whirlfloc Tablet
  • 1/2 tsp gypsum
  • 1/4 tsp epsom salts
  • 1/4 tsp citric acid

Target Stats

  • 5.5 Gallons
  • OG 1.045
  • FG 1.009
  • ABV 4.72%
  • IBU 70.76
  • SRM 3.96

Final Stats

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Brew Day

Heat 8 gallons of water to 155°.  (Unfiltered Dover City water with chlorine removed.)

Gently dough in grains until all grain is covered by water. Add 1/2 tsp gypsum and 1/4 tsp epsom salts and stabilize pH at 5.2

Mash grains at 150° for 1 hour.

Remove “grain bag“, rinse, squeeze and allow grains to drain.

Bring wort to a boil.

Once wort is boiling, add 0.25 oz Chinook hops and continue for 45 minutes.

Add 0.75 oz Chinook, 1 oz Simcoe hops and continue boil for another 10 minutes.

Add whirlfloc, yeast nutrient, 1 oz Chinook, 1 oz Simcoe hops and continue boil for 4 minutes.

Add 1 oz Chinook, 1 oz Simcoe hops and continue boil for last 1 minute. (This is a good time to drop in the wort chiller.)

Reduce wort temperature to 68° and take OG reading.

Sufficiently aerate and transfer to primary fermenter.

Pitch rehydrated yeast into fermenter.

Allow beer 1~2 weeks in the primary to adequately ferment and cleanup any diacetyl produced during fermentation.

Dry hop with 1 oz Chinook, 1 oz Simcoe for 1 week.

Bottle and wait another 2 weeks or keg and carb.

Enjoy!

Notes:

  • 2021-01-23 – Brew Day
    • Tilt Readings
      • 2020-03-21 – 1.@ °